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Ramin Amir Arjomand is an Iranian-American pianist, improviser, composer, and teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. His music blurs distinctions between composition and improvisation, demanding in each the spontaneity as well as the level of formal intelligence often associated with one or the other individually and exclusively. His playing draws as much on a 19th-century European approach to piano resonance as it does on the unfettered sensibility of American avant-garde jazz. Beneath the sound surface lies a musical ethos that is distinctly Iranian. He has worked extensively in dance theater, and has developed collaborative models in which composer and choreographer can trust one another to work freely and independently toward a common goal. His approach to dance theater composition emphasizes contrapuntal relationships between sound and movement. A much sought-after teacher, he is currently on faculty at Columbia University and at the Steinhardt School at NYU, and he maintains a private teaching studio in Brooklyn.
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[@CyrusandAurelius]

wow what a wonderful cover! thanks!

[@kipohara5992]

Nicely done, I have listened to Natalie Merchant's version of this song and this is just as nice as her version...Well done my friend!!